Hello and welcome to The Compost Bin. I'm Compostwoman and I live with my family in rural Herefordshire. We have nearly four acres of garden and woodland, all managed organically, which we share with Chickens, Cats, Guinea Pigs and assorted wildlife. We also grow a lot of our own food, run courses in all sorts of things and make a lot of compost!

I work as an environmental educator, writer and Forest School leader at Moors Wood and I also volunteer as a Master Composterand hens@home mentor with Garden Organic. We try to live a more self sufficient lifestyle here, as best we can, while still having a comfortable life and lots of fun.

Monday, 6 May 2013

Compost Awareness Week 2013

Compost Awareness Week (CAW) is a week of
activities, events and publicity to improve awareness about using
organic waste as a resource to produce compost. Garden
Organic’s Master Composters around the country will be out and about
answering composting questions and encouraging those who don’t already
compost at home to start.

I will be at Sainsbury's in Hereford on Thursday, helping the Council Waste Officers answer questions about composting - various collegues will be doing the same in other parts of Herefordshire and Worcestershire this week as well!

Herefordshire

Tuesday 7th May – Morrisons, Leominster 11:00 – 2:00

-Wednesday 8th May – Sainsburys, Hereford 12:00 – 4:00

-Friday 10th May - Asda, Hereford 12:00 – 4:00

Worcestershire

Mon
6th May

Discover
Bewdley Spring Fair

10:00 –
4:00

Tue
7th May

Evesham
library WR11 4PJ

10:00 –
4.00

Wed am
8th May

Malvern
library WR14 2HU

10:00 –
1:00

Wed pm
8th May

Upton library
WR8 OLE

1:30 –
4:00

Thurs
9th May

Kidderminster
Town Hall DY10
1DB

10:00
– 1:00

Fri
10th May

Avelchurch
Library B48 7TA

10:00
– 1:00

For the 2013 Compost Awareness Week Garden Organicwill be running a ‘Decorate Your Compost Bin Competition’; be creative and as imaginative as possible. Entry to the competition is open to all ages and abilities.

If you need reminding how to make compost, my "How to..." guides is a good place to start!